April 23, 1858 Earthquake: Tate-Yama Volcano, Shinano, Japan

Date

April 23, 1858

Place

Tate-Yama Volcano, Shinano, Japan

Tsunami

None recorded

Volcano

The eruption it came with

Epicenter

36.571° N, 137.590° E

Country

Japan

Region

East Asia

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000) with its tsunami and other effects

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

1. #9675 Siebert, Lee, Tom Simkin, Paul Kimberly (2010). Fatalities & Evacuations, Volcanoes of the World, Third Edition, Geoscience Press, Inc., University of California Press, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., p. 329-347.
2. #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.

• May 8, 1847, Zenkoji, Nagano, JapanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 34,000 houses destroyed · 60 km
• January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, JapanM8.2 · 8,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 189 km
• October 27, 1891, Mino-Owari, JapanM8.4 · 7,273 deaths · 142,177 houses destroyed · 130 km
• June 28, 1948, Fukui, JapanM7.3 · 5,131 deaths · $1 billion · 63,000 houses destroyed · 142 km
• May 20, 1751, NW, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 2,100 deaths · 9,100 houses destroyed · 83 km
• August 2, 887, Niigata, Honshu, JapanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths · 113 km
• February 1, 1666, Takata, Japan1,500 deaths · 60 km
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · 199 km
• June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan600 deaths · 186 km
• January 1, 2024, Ishikawa, Honshu, JapanM7.5 · 549 deaths · $18 billion · 29,966 houses destroyed · 106 km
• April 9, 1858, N, Hida, Japan203 deaths · 709 houses destroyed · 64 km
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed · 128 km
• April 28, 1714, Oomati, Japan56 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 37 km
• August 14, 1909, Oomi, JapanM6.9 · 41 deaths · 976 houses destroyed · 174 km
• September 13, 1984, Mt Ontake, Central, Honshu, JapanM6.1 · 29 deaths · $43 million · 87 km

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